Profiles in Audacity: Great Decisions and How They were Made by Alan Axelrod 320 pp.
Forty-six profiles of the people and events in history that required audacious ideas/decisions are given in chapter length bites. A wide range of time periods are covered from Cleopatra's decision to rescue Egypt to the passengers of Flight 93 fighting the terrorists on board the plane on 9/11. In addition the subjects vary from military battles to world changing business decisions, humanitarian endeavors, exploration, and civil rights. It is a very mixed bag and I question the inclusion of a couple chapters which didn't seem as strong as the others. But as a whole it is an interesting collection of history making events and the people behind them.
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